General Questions
Technical Questions
2257 COMPLIANCE
Privacy Policy
General Questions
Cruising on Older4me is a site designed for gay adult contact both for mature and younger people. Our mission is to allow people to contact each other in a safe and friendly environment, be able to send and receive messages, check updated photos galleries, and much more.
Finding new friends, daddies, or a hot relationship is easier now with cruising on older4me.
Yes, the usage of the site is completely free, however keep in mind that as a premium user you will get a lot more benefits and possibilities.
- Can I contact Premium members if I have a free account?
Yes! If you have a free account, you can send 3 messages a day. Keep in mind that as a Premium user you will have unlimited contact capabilities, among many other advantages. For more information check “Premium users” information or click here.
- How can I find new members?
When you look for profiles, go to our Advanced Search option, go to “Order by” and choose the recently created option.
- Can I change my user name?
No; you can change many features from your profile except your Username. If you dislike your User name you can create a new one for free. Keep in mind that if you are a premium user and you would like to keep all the premium advantages, you will need to make the new user premium as well.
- How can I change my email address?
Once you’re logged in go to My Profile, and in the “email address” bar enter your new email address. After that, Scroll down and press “update profile”. You will receive a new verification email in the new entered email address; just follow the same steps as when you first logged in. When you enter a new email address you will need to re activate your account, but you will not lose any information in your profile or any picture.
- How can I find profiles in my area?
In our Advance Search option you can browse profiles by Country and City. Go to Advanced Search and select the country and area you’d like the system to check. “e.g.: Country: United States, State: New York” and the system will show you all the profiles in that area. Tip: As a Premium user you can determine restrictions to what contacts you want to receive messages from, E.G.: I want to be contacted just from New York users, etc.
- Can I publish my email/MSN/AIM address?
You might publish personal information, but please consider that your profile can be viewed by anyone, so you can be potentially contacted by people you may not want to meet. You can also go to My Profile and un-check the Profile Active option. Thus your profile can only viewed by your Favorite profiles.
- I won’t login for a while; can I put my profile off?
That wouldn’t be necessary. If you’ll be out for a while and don’t want anyone else to view your profile you can simply go to My Profile and uncheck the Profile Active option.
- I don’t remember my user name and password, can you help me?
- Go to our Lost Password retrieval system, on the main login area, click on the forgot your password? link.
- Enter the Email address that you used when you signed up in the Email box, complete the Security Code box with the code displayed on screen, and then press the "retrieve password” button. Your will receive your password in the E-mail account that you entered.
- If the previous option did not work, try with a different Email adress that you may have used to sign up, and press the Retrieve Password button.
- If you entered your Email address and still were not able to recover your Username/password, go to our contact us site and send us a ticket. Keep in mind that the first time you use the ticket system you will need to register. Registration is free.Once you activate your support account, click on the "submit a ticket" option, over there you will be able to explain us your problem. If you cannot send us a ticket, send us an Email to support@cruising.older4me.com
- How many profiles can I contact per day?
If you have a free account you can contact up to 3 profiles per day. If you want to contact unlimited profiles and enjoy other benefits you need to get a Premium Account.
- Can anyone view my profile?
Yes. If you just want to be viewed by your Favorite contacts just go to My Profile, scroll down to the bottom of the site, and uncheck the Profile Active option.
- What’s the difference between an active profile and an inactive profile?
As an active profile everyone can see your profile and contact you. If you uncheck the “active profile” option on your Profile’s options, you will be able to still watch other user’s profile and contact other users, however they will only be able to watch your profile if you’ve sent them a message first, or added them to your favorites.
- Is cruising for anyone? Or just for daddies?
Cruising is oriented to anyone who wants to contact gay older and younger men. You need to be 18+ years old of age to create your profile. Profiles containing minor’s information and/or pictures, or any other violation to our terms of service and/or 2257 compliance will be permanently removed and their IP’S will be blocked.
- I have a Mac will I be able to use the site?
Yes, the site is designed to be work perfectly both for Mac and PC users.
- I wrote to many profiles and receive no responses; what’s going on?
Check that you are available to be viewed by others; also it would helpful to have a complete profile with pictures about yourself and a good description, if you add more information, it will be better for the other users.
- What kind of photos can I upload?
On the general gallery we recommend placing pictures where other members can see you, preferably pictures that do not display nudity or sexual content, on the private galleries you can place pictures with nudity or sexual content, as long as they are in compliance with our Terms of service and the 2257 compliance. Read more about the Photo’s management in our technical FAQ section.
- Why can't I contact another member?
Premium users have the possibility to Block other users, or to determine certain parameters about what users they want to be contacted from, parameters such as age, location, etc, if the user didn’t reply or you can’t contact him, just try with another user.
- If I enter my Email address on your site will I get spam?
Absolutely not, we will not send you annoying spam or share your email information with others, however keep in mind that if you let other users get your email address the usage they give to your address is beyond our reach and we do not take any responsibilities for this.
- Is this site secure? Will you share my personal information with others?
Cruising.older4me.com will not share any personal information with others, and will not use any information entered strictly for our site. You can read more about this in our PRIVACY POLICY
- The site is running too slow, what’s going on?
Check your connection status, DSL or higher connection are recommended for best viewing our site, also please check the cookies status on your browser. For more information check the browser settings section in the technical questions FAQ.
- I am an escort; can I use your site to contact others?
Yes, but please state that you are an escort on your profile so other users are aware about this, and can contact you as such.
- How do I create a profile?
Creating a Profile is very simple, in our main screen just go to “create new account?” and fill out all the information there requested, next check your Email address you should have a confirmation Email to activate your account, just follow the instructions that are sent on that email. If you have any questions, go to our contact us site and send us a ticket, keep in mind that the first time you use the ticket system you will need to register. Registration is free.Once you activate your support account, click on the "submit a ticket" option, over there you will be able to explain us your problem. If you cannot send us a ticket, send us an Email to support@cruising.older4me.com
- How to report if somebody is not polite or flaming other users?
As a premium user you can block users that show disrespectful behavior, however if you suspect that a user is being aggressive or not polite to other users you can report this in our contact us site by sending us a ticket, keep in mind that the first time you use the ticket system you will need to register. Registration is free.Once you activate your support account, click on the "submit a ticket" option, over there you will be able to explain us your problem. If you cannot send us a ticket, send us an Email to support@cruising.older4me.com and tell us about the specific inconvenience you witnessed with as much details as possible.
- How long can I keep my received messages?
All messages will be erased after 30 days you sent or received them.
- How do I upload a picture to my profile?
Log in to cruising with your user name and password.
Go to My Profile
The main Picture of your profile can be changed from your profile, just scroll down to “profile picture” , click browse and select the picture you would like to upload, then click “add picture”. It may take from a couple of seconds to a few minutes, depending your connection speed and the file size.
In your profile, scroll down to “Manage your gallery and private pictures” or click on the MY GALLERY tab on the upper side of the screen.
You have 2 different picture upload options, Gallery Pictures are the pictures only Premium Users will be able to watch, and Private pictures are the pictures you can attach these pictures to private messages you send to all users.
Click on “browse” and select the picture you want to upload from your computer’s folder.
Once you selected the picture you want to upload, click “add picture”. It may take from a couple of seconds to a few minutes, depending your connection speed and the file size.
- How do I delete or update my gallery pictures?
If you want to delete a picture just click on the MY GALLERY tab on the upper side of the screen and click on “erase” on the picture you want to delete. To update the picture simply upload a new one.
Even if you own a membership, to access Cruising you need to sign up again since cruising is a different site, however, since you have a membership you will get all the Premium Features in your Cruising account.
To start a Cruising account, just go to this link: http://cruising.older4me.com/profile.php this will also be your profile information at cruising.
Once you have created your Profile at Cruising, you need to link your Cruising account with your Membership account. You must only perform this action once.
To do so, first login to your Cruising account:
Go to http://cruising.older4me.com/index.php and enter your user information:
Once you log in, click on the red “Become a Premium Member” tab in the upper left corner of the screen, or copy and paste this link http://cruising.older4me.com/premium.php in your web browser, and follow the instructions.
You’ll be prompted to enter your Older4me Membership’s information:
Click on the OLDER4ME MEMBERSHIP or BLACKSONDADDIES MEMBERSHIP option, depending where you have a membrship at.
Streaming Username: (your Older4me or BlacksondaddiesUsername)
Streaming Password: (your Older4me or Blacksondaddies Password)
Security Code: (the code displayed to the right)
After these steps your cruising account will be a Premium Account.
To become a premium member, you need to manually link your Cruising account with your Membership account. You must only perform this action once.
To do so, first login to your Cruising account:
Go to http://cruising.older4me.com/index.php and enter your user information:
Once you log in, click on the red “Become a Premium Member” tab in the upper left corner of the screen, or copy and paste this link http://cruising.older4me.com/premium.php in your web browser, and follow the instructions.
You’ll be prompted to enter your Older4me Membership’s information:
Click on the OLDER4ME MEMBERSHIP or BLACKSONDADDIES MEMBERSHIP option, depending where you have a membership at.
Streaming Username: (your Older4me or BlacksondaddiesUsername)
Streaming Password: (your Older4me or Blacksondaddies Password)
Security Code: (the code displayed to the right)
After these steps your cruising account will be a Premium Account.
Technical Questions
- I can’t watch someone else’s picture, what can I do?
You need to be sure that you have the proper browser in your PC. We recommend you to use Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari. AOL BROWSER MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THIS SITE.
- I don’t remember my user name and password, can you help me?
- Go to our Lost Password retrieval system, on the main login area, click on the forgot your password? link.
- Enter the Email address that you used when you signed up in the Email box, complete the Security Code box with the code displayed on screen, and then press the "retrieve password” button. Your will receive your password in the E-mail account that you entered.
- If the previous option did not work, try with a different Email adress that you may have used to sign up, and press the Retrieve Password button.
- If you entered your Email address and still were not able to recover your Username/password, go to our contact us site and send us a ticket, keep in mind that the first time you use the ticket system you will need to register. Registration is free.Once you activate your support account, click on the "submit a ticket" option, over there you will be able to explain us your problem. If you cannot send us a ticket, send us an Email to support@cruising.older4me.com.
- I didn’t receive the confirmation mail. What can I do?
Some anti spam features from the different email services may prevent our emails from reaching your inbox, in order to confirm your profile you will need to follow these steps:
- Add our email address to your safe list (if you don't know how to do this, you can learn more about this clicking here)
- Go to this link, and complete the fields with your Username, Password, and Email address, exactly as you did when you signed up, and press the "Resend Confirmation Email" button.
- Check if you received our confirmation email in your Email Address. If you still didn't get a confirmation you can try going back to the resend confirmation email link and complete your username, your password and a different Email address.
- If you still don’t get any confirmation, go to our contact us site and send us a ticket, keep in mind that the first time you use the ticket system you will need to register. Registration is free.Once you activate your support account, click on the "submit a ticket" option, over there you will be able to explain us your problem. If you cannot send us a ticket, send us an Email to support@cruising.older4me.com
- How to add a name to your email programs safe list.
MSN/HOTMAIL:
- Click “Options”
- Click “Safe List”
- Add the address customers@cruising.older4me.com to your Safe List
- Click OK
YAHOO: You should create a filter to automatically send email from daddylive.com domain to your Inbox. This is the only way to really ensure delivery.
- Select “Mail Options” in the top right navigation bar
- Choose “filters” located on the left side of the page under the “Spam” column
- Click the “Add” button on the Filters page
- Choose the field you want to match in the incoming message. For example, “From header”.
- Choose the criterion by which you want a match to be made, such as “contains”
- Enter the text string to compare: @cruising.older4me.com
- Choose the destination folder to which you would like the message delivered. For example: Inbox
AOL:
- Go to Keyword Mail Controls.
- Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.
For AOL version 7.0: In the section for "exclusion and inclusion parameters", include this domain: @cruising.older4me.com
- For AOL version 8.0: Select Allow email from all AOL members, email addresses and domains.
Click Next until the Save button shows up at the bottom. Click Save.
OUTLOOK/OUTLOOK EXPRESS:
- Right click (control-click) on the message in your inbox.
- Select the option “Add to Address Book”
EUDORA:
- Select/Highlight message
- Under the “Special” menu, choose “Make Address Book Entry”
NETZERO/JUNO:
- Click on the “Options” button within the email on the web
- From there, click on the “Safe Lists” link
- Safe List screen will appear and display your current Safe List
EARTHLINK:
- On the “Email” screen, click on the spam Blocker plus sign so all it’s folders are shown
- Click on the Suspect Email folder
- Check the box next to the sender you wish to receive email from
- Click on the button to “Add to Address Book & Forward to Inbox”
- Subsequent messages will now go to your Inbox
NETSCAPE MAIL:
- Open the Email
- Go to the email window’s “File” menu and select “Add to Address Book”
- I’m an AOL customer and I can’t visualize or access some sections of this site.
The AOL browser is very unfriendly to adult sites, we recommend using the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, also please check on the browser settings explanation.
- I have a Mac will I be able to use the site?
Yes, the site is designed to work perfectly both for Mac and PC users.
- What are the minimum system requirements that I need to be able to watch this site correctly?
Internet Explorer version 6.0 and newer, Netscape version 7.0 and newer, Firefox version 1.0.6 and newer, and Safari version 1.2 and newer are recommended for best viewing experiences with our site
Your web browser options must be set to ACCEPT COOKIES. So if you have tried everything else and you still can not login, you probably need to enable cookies in your browser. If you do not know how to reset them, refer to the help page of your browser, or try another browser, or try downloading and installing a new version of your browser.
- How do I enable cookies in my web browser?
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x and 7.x (Windows)
Cookies are accepted automatically in Internet Explorer 3.x and up. If you want to confirm that you can accept them:
- Under the "Tools" menu, click "Internet Options"
- Click the "Privacy" tab
- Click the "Advanced" button
- Put a check mark in the Box for "Override Automatic Cookie Handling"
- At the bottom, put another check mark in the "Always accept session cookies"
- Click "OK"
Netscape Communicator 6.x
- Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
- In the "Preferences" window, select "Privacy and Security" and then "Cookies".
- Select "Accept All Cookies" or "Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server".
- Click "OK."
Netscape Communicator 7.x
- Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
- In the "Preferences" window, select "Privacy and Security" and then "Cookies".
- Select "Enable All Cookies" or "Enable cookies for the originating website only".
- Click "OK."
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
- Click on "Tools" on the menu bar and select "Options".
- In the "Options" window, select / Expand "Cookies".
- Select "Allow Sites to Set Cookies".
Firefox version 1.5.0.7
- Click on "Tools" on the menu bar and select "Options".
- In the "Options" window, select the "Privacy" tab.
- Select the "Cookies" tab.
- Place a checkmark for the box "Allow Sites to set Cookies".
- Also in the "Keep Cookies" drop down box make sure you select "Until they Expire".
Safari Version 1.2.4
- Open the Safari browser and click on the Safari tab on the menu bar.
- Click on preferences.
- Click on the security tab in this new window.
- Make sure that "Enable JavaScript" is enabled.
- Accepting Cookies: Please make sure that you either choose "Only from sites you navigate to" or "Always" in the cookies area.
- I have a user name and a password and still can’t log in, what’s going on?
Check that you are typing both your user name and password exactly as shown on your log in validation email, our system is case sensitive so make sure your caps lock button isn’t on.
Remember that if you have recently signed up or made changes to the Email information in your profile you will need to validate your profile again, check your Email address inbox and search if you have received any emails from us.
If you still can't log in, go to our contact us site and send us a ticket, keep in mind that the first time you use the ticket system you will need to register. Registration is free.Once you activate your support account, click on the "submit a ticket" option, over there you will be able to explain us your problem. If you cannot send us a ticket, send us an Email to support@cruising.older4me.com
- How do I upload pictures to my profile?
- Log in to cruising with your user name and password.
- Go to My Profile
- The main Picture of your profile can be changed from your profile, just scroll down to “profile picture” , click browse and select the picture you would like to upload, then click “add picture”. It may take from a couple of seconds to a few minutes, depending your connection speed and the file size.
- In your profile, scroll down to “Manage your gallery and private pictures” or click on the MY GALLERY tab on the upper side of the screen.
- You have 2 different picture upload options, Gallery Pictures are the pictures only Premium Users will be able to watch, and Private pictures are the pictures you can attach these pictures to private messages you send to all users.
- Click on “browse” and select the picture you want to upload from your computer’s folder.
- Once you selected the picture you want to upload, click “add picture”. It may take from a couple of seconds to a few minutes, depending your connection speed and the file size.
- How do I delete or update my gallery pictures?
If you want to delete a picture just click on the MY GALLERY tab on the upper side of the screen and click on “erase” on the picture you want to delete. To update the picture simply upload a new one.
- How many pictures can I upload?
All users, both free and Premium can upload up to 9 pictures:
1 Picture as the main profile picture (we recommend a general picture that does not display nudity since this will be the main picture that will represent you) 4 Pictures in your Gallery section: These pictures can only be seen by premium users. 4 Pictures in your Private Gallery: These pictures can be attached to your messages and will only be seen by the user that gets your message.
- Which format should the pictures I upload be?
Pictures format accepted can be GIF, JPG or PNG. It should not be heavier than 512 kb.
- My pictures look different after I upload them, why?
Max picture size is (w) 640 px and (h) 640 px, the system will automatically resize them For the best view on that size, pictures that are too small or too large may look different in the galleries. Also please be cognizant that when you watch the thumbnails of the pictures they may look too little and some parts of them may not be visible, however this is just a preview and if you enlarge it, it will look complete and normal.
First, clean your internet cache: If you are using IE browser go to tools-internet options- and delete your cookies and you temporary internet files. Enable your cookies by following these steps in your Internet Explorer: 1. Go in the tools menu
2. Select Internet options...
3. Select the "privacy" tab
4. Move the slider down until it reads, "Accept all Cookies"
5. Click on “Apply" button
6. Click "OK" button
Yes, you can delete your profile anytime, just login to your account, and click here.
- I'm getting a "Click here to activate this control" bar when i try to navigate your site, what should i do?
This is an Active X update, The ActiveX update makes a very simple change. It prevents you from automatically interacting with an embedded object - like a flash movie. This has been changed recently by Microsoft with Internet Explorer's latest update, we recomend updating your IE to the latest version. You can read more about this clicking here.
Privacy Policy
- What type information is collected?
When visitors access our Web site, certain non-personal information may be collected from them including, but not limited to, their browser type (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), operating system (e.g., Windows or Macintosh), IP address, and the domain name from which they accessed the site (e.g., google.com). In addition, we may collect information about visitors' browsing behavior, such as the date and time they visit the Web site, the areas or pages of our Web site that they visit, the amount of time spent viewing the site, the number of times the visitor returns to the site. We do not track any information about visitors once they leave our site. We may use cookies (small text files that are stored on visitors computers when they access our Web site) to collect this information. Information collected through cookies may be combined with visitors' personal information. Visitors are always free to decline cookies, but in doing so they may not be able to use certain features on our Web site.
- We protect children's privacy.
Protecting the privacy of children is VERY important to us. For that reason we do not structure any part of our site to attract anyone under the age of 18 (21 in some areas) and we do not allow anyone under the age of 18 (21 in some areas) to register and become a member of our site.
- Acceptance of privacy terms & conditions
By visiting this Web site, you are agreeing to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. By visiting this site, you also accept, without limitation or qualification, all terms and conditions concerning the use of this site. We may at any time revise these terms and conditions. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the current terms and conditions to which you are bound. To the extent that any of the third-party sites accessible through our Web site (such as our advertisers) have different privacy practices from those stated in this Privacy Policy, those third-party privacy practices govern the collection and use of information you provide when visiting those sites. We are not responsible for the policies, content, and practices of other companies.
- Changes to this privacy policy
There may be times when we need to change the terms of this Privacy Policy. To ensure that you are aware of our current privacy practices, please bookmark this page and check back often.
- How can you access the information we have collected from you?
Visitors who wish to access or change the information they provided to our Web site, should visit the Customer Service section of this site and contact us via Email.
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